Over 300 new books for children have arrived at the Amar Ekushey Granthamela-2018 that began on February 1. Children mainly thronged different stalls and many of them were seen buying books on fairy tales, ghosts, puzzles, alphabets, cartoons and comics. Publishers expect increased sale of children's…

CHITTAGONG: Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) arrested three more youths over a gun attack on an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) at a checkpoint in the city on Friday afternoon, reports BSS. The arrestees are Khokan Chowdhury, 24, Ayman Jehad, 22, and Mahi, 18. Khokon and Ayman were arrested from Anwara…

President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday said he will retire from politics happily when his activities will harm people, reports UNB. He made the remarks reacting to Finance Minister AMA Muhith's suggestion to him to retire from politics. In a statement, B Chowdhury…

RAJSHAHI: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate 20 development projects and lay foundation stones of nine others during her visit here on February 22, reports BSS. Rajshahi City Awami League President AHM Khairuzzaman Liton revealed this while exchanging views with journalists at the…

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday told parliament that the police headquarters has taken a 'zero tolerance' policy against wicked persons in the police force, reports UNB. As the main law enforcement agency of the country, Bangladesh Police has been performing its duty relentlessly with…

The Directorate General of Family Planning of the Government of Bangladesh, Unicef and the Embassy of the Netherlands yesterday jointly launched the national adolescent health education materials, reports UNB. They also held a daylong adolescent health fair to raise awareness on health issues among…

Teachers and students of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday demanded that the government declare February 18 as “National Teachers' Day” to commemorate Prof Dr Shamsuzzoha. On that day in 1969, Prof Zoha, the then RU proctor, was shot dead by the Pakistani army before the university…

The Department of Narcotic Control (DNC) is set to undergo massive changes as it seeks a new organogram, firearms, uniforms with rank badges, new laws and new service rules to turn into a modern and efficient force, reports BSS. “In the proposed organogram, we have demanded increasing the manpower…

NARAYANGANJ: A 16-year-old girl who was reportedly raped multiple times tried to commit suicide by pouring kerosene on herself at Kashipur in Fatullah on Friday night, reports UNB. The victim was sent to the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the capital in a critical condition, said victim's…

SYLHET: Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Saturday said those who have kept BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in an abandoned jail after jailing her in a ‘false’ case will be tried one day, says a press release. He made the remark while inaugurating a mass signature…

Networking confce on journalism held at RU RAJSHAHI: A networking conference on journalism was held at Rajshahi University (RU) on Friday aiming to enhance the education quality of journalism students. RU Mass Communication and Journalism Department (MCJ) and DW Akademie, one of the leading international…

SSC examinee held over question leak Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) detained an alleged member of a question paper leak gang from Chittagong’s Biyazid area early yesterday. Adil Hossain, 16, an SSC examinee from Holy Child School and College in the port city, was detained from his residence in Oxyzen…

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